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Hi Pist/on Rust, welcome to MOM... It would be great to see some pics of your machine

Looks like you have had a fun day George, nice ploughing

Do you mind, I'm just about to eat Your place looks very scenic Mark, maybe even more with snow down

I bet a few curtains were twitching as you drove the turf track down the road The plow looks like it works well

Not bad for your first try on Bendy, your soon get the knack with some more playing

There may be space but only just, it's a bit tight to say the least! Maybe rather than lights a pair of glowing evil eyes Thursday was spent taking WN apart.. A big thank you to Nigel for all you help, it certainly made the job a lot easier As the forklift is too tall to fit in my workshop, the bench (it was on a trolley which is now under the engine) went to the forklift.. Up goes the engine.. With the bench out the way.. The engine was lowered onto the trolley. The naked chassis... And a few of the parts which need cleaning and painting.. Speaking of paint, does anyone know which "Car colour" is closest to WH red?

How an they, there's no pink fluffy dice in sight Don't be afraid Andrew, I did ask indeed. Thanks Norm. Thanks James. I agree, it looks meaner without. Don't be sorry Koen, I'm not sure about the hot wheels thing but I do think WN looks better without the lights.. Thanks for all you input guy's, just what I was after.. I think the lights will be staying off, I like the mean look me

Evening chaps, progress on WN has been very slow of late, but that will change on Thursday when progress will suddenly be very fast I've been playing with headlamp positions, bearing in mind if I do decide to fit them they will have much better looking "hot rod" curved brackets.. So the question is.... Do the lamps make WN look all "toy Town" or not? So why will progress start going very fast Thursday?? Well, today this happened.. WN being winched onto the big bench.. Thanks for your help Nigel Thursday is strip down day, I feel a time lapse video coming on I might have a few machines to move out the way first mind

Good progress James, the non pivoting rear end will make things a lot easier

You can say muck spreader if you want James, you would be wrong though.. Which idea is that Norm? Nope, not a BBQ Chris, but it's coffee holding capability's have been tested Sorry for the lack of updates Guy's, although work has been happening I've just been too shattered to type about it.... Saying that, have an update They say there is a first time for everything, for me stripping an oil drum down to bare metal was certainly a first.. Hopefully a last as well as it wasn't fun! Of course once every last bit of paint has been removed, out comes the red oxide and a coat or two of paint goes back on.. You may of noticed Nigel in the above photo actually doing something , he was painting the center of the wheels red.. What follows red oxide? International Harvester Red of course Have an arty shot of the inside of the barrel. Red on the outside if a little blurred.. A detail shot of one of the trailer wheels, it just needs a red pinstripe to match Horse Gut. The almost finished rig, we just need to find a shovel and get some "poo poo collector" decals made to go on the back.. Expect a PM Mark And to finish off this update.......

That's a nice find Koen, it should keep you out of mischief for a while

That's a very cool light, thanks for posting it

If your gonna build it might as well build it BIG That's going to be a beast of a machine when it's done.. Keep up the mad work mate

Well, the problem is still there!! Don't you just hate it when you pay extra to get something delivered earlier only for it not to turn up when it should of done!

A rather nice find Harry

Got a big mouth hasn't he Nope.. Another nope.. Correct Koen, but you don't win anything for getting it right other than the smugness of knowing James and Norm got it wrong Now part of the puzzle... A bit of trimming of a large yellow object. Yep, that's right.. It's going to be a trailer.. A rather special trailer too As with all these projects, some contemplation is needed, so Nigel and I put our thinking Cups on

I'm glad I wasn't eating when I saw that

Just when you thought Project Horse Gut was finished, stage 2 starts Take a pair of very old steel barrow wheels with bearings and cut the center out.. Once cleaned up the centers were a perfect fit for a Qwakasaki Z200 brake disc.. It's a good job I had two Qwaka brake discs sitting on the shelf.. A bit of welding later the discs were welded to a spare pair of Gutbrod wheels.. The wheels look much better with a clean up and coat of paint.. Soon to become part of the puzzle

Nice work Ewan, your find the blast cabinet so handy when it come to cleaning up the rear wheels.. Way better than doing it by hand..

I've tried all variations Mark, even creating a serious miss fire to try and ignite the flame mix didn't work! It has to be a lack of air as Doug said... But hopefully that won't be a problem after tomorrow Nothing to report on WN other than my big bench has gained it's top ready for when I strip her down for painting.

Happy birthday lads, here's wishing you a good day

As the saying goes Norm, "if it burns, light it"

Pink isn't thing but thanks Karl.. It certainly woke me up this morning

Wheel Horses not big enough for you now Tom eh? Seriously though it looks a very capable machine

A cool video Koen, good to see so many different machines in action.. Who was that driving the small red thing though?